Virginia State Route 96

Infobox road
state=VA
type=
route=96
length_mi=7.83
length_ref=PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_041_Halifax_2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Halifax County] |271 KiB ]
length_round=2
established=1940
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
starting_terminus=
junction=
ending_terminus=
previous_type=Interstate
previous_route=95
next_type=
next_route=97

State Route 96 is a primary state highway in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. It runs from U.S. Route 501 south of South Boston east to Virgilina and then south several blocks (concurrent with State Route 49) to the North Carolina state line, where it continues as North Carolina Highway 96.

SR 96 was originally part of State Route 302, added in 1931 from State Route 18 (now US 501) east three miles (5 km) towards Virgilina. [CTB minutes|12-1930-02, page 9] By 1932, this southern piece of SR 302 became part of State Route 59, and that year it was extended east the rest of the way to Virgilina. [CTB minutes|07-1932-03, page 17] In the 1933 renumbering, all of SR 59 became part of State Route 49. The piece west of Virgilina, as well as the several blocks south to the state line in Virgilina (which had not been numbered before then [http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/vhip_annotated/vhip.pl?&
] , revised July 1, 1936] ), became State Route 96 in the 1940 renumbering to match North Carolina Highway 96. [CTB minutes|10-1940-01, page 14]

References

External links

* [http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va081-100.htm#va96 Virginia Highways Project: VA 96]